Dolina Gračnice (Blatnik) - Sveti Lovrenc (above Okroglice)

Access to starting point:
We drive to Rimske Toplice, where we follow the signs for the railway station. From the railway station, we drive along the road that continues towards Gračnica and Podklošter and soon passes through an underpass to the eastern side of the railway line. At the confluence of Gračnica and Savinja, we reach a junction where we notice the first hiking signposts. We continue left in the direction of Lisce and Lovrenc and then drive along the Gračnica valley. Later the road leads past the NOB memorial park, but we drive another few hundred meters to the junction where we turn right over the bridge. Immediately after the bridge, we notice red hiking signposts where the described trail begins.
There are no designated parking spaces for hikers here, but there are some parking options higher up along the road.

Route description:
From the bridge, we head onto a side road marked for Lisce and Lovrenc; the path first leads past the Blatnik farmstead where there is a stamp, but we continue along the gentle asphalt road that takes us through the Lokovec settlement, where the path follows the valley along the Lokavški stream. Further on, houses are more frequent along the road and we reach a marked junction by a chapel, where we turn right following the signs for sv. Lovrenc (left sv. Kolman).
We continue ascending along the Lokavški stream, walking on the asphalt road to a junction where a gravel road branches off to the right from the asphalt.
We proceed between the two roads on the marked path, which enters the forest and turns slightly left, where at junctions we follow the markers. Higher up we briefly step onto a cart track, from which we go steeply uphill on constructed steps. Further on we ascend steeply for a while, then the path levels out somewhat, and higher up it has a few more junctions where we cross a cart track or follow the markers. At about 600 m above sea level, we reach a somewhat wider cart track that a little further leads along the right side of the Dežan farmstead. Here we get a nice view of the surroundings, and the path behind the farmstead ascends transversely to the left. As we approach the Centrih farm, the path turns sharply right and brings us to a marked junction west of the farm.
Here a path branches off to the right towards Veliki Kozji, but we continue left towards Lovrenc and Lisce and skirt the farm on the right side.
A little further we reach a chapel, where paths from Radeče and Breg join from the right, but we continue in the direction of Lisce and ascend past the fenced area to the church of sv. Lovrenca, from which a nice view opens up.

The description refers to the condition in April 2026, the photos are from May 2025 and April 2026.

Along the route: Blatnik (224m), Križišče ob kapelici (277m), Dežan (614m), Centrih (697m), Kapelica na Lovrencu (691m)

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